The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-21
ESTABLISHED 1850.
j. III. EsTILL, Editor and Proprietor.
CLEVELAND GOING BACK.
THE DAY AT MONTGOMERY ONE
OF THE TRIPS BEST.

the Visitors Went-Gov. Seay De-
lvers the Address of Welcome-The
Presidents Reply of the Same Kind
as His Speeches Everywhere.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Oct. 20.-After a
good nights rest on the special train the
Presidential tourists arrived here at s
o'clock this morning. There were the usual
large crowds in waiting, but the strictest
order prevailed. Commerce street, from
the station to the hotel, nearly half a mile
away, was lined by troops on each side who
kept wide avenue open from curb to curb.
Gov. Seay, Mayor Reese and Col. Newman,
President of the State Agricultural Society,
who composed the reception committee,
were within the lines, and conducted the
guests at once to their carriages and then to
the hotel. The manner of the reception
made an exceedingly favorable impression
upon the minds of the President and his
companions At the hotel Senator Pugh,
Senator Morgan, the members of
the Governors staff, the Presi-
dent of the Senate, the Speaker
of the House, ex-Gov. O'Neil, Congressman
Davidson and number of ladies greeted
the city's guests in the hotel parlors, where
half an hour was spent in making or re-
newing acquaintance, The Presidential
party breakfasted at the hotel with Gov
and Mrs. Seay, Col and Mrs. Newman,
Mayor Reese and daughter, ex-Gov. O'Neil,
Senator Morgan, Senator Pugh and few
others, after which they reviewed the
troops from the balcony of the hotel. There
were about 1000 men in the column, includ-
ing troop of Cavalry and battery of ar
tillery.
NEW ORLEANS PERSIsTENCY,
The President has received a telegram
from the Mayor of New Orleans, stating
that committee Is on the way to ask that
his trip be extended to chat city. Col.
Lamont replied that the Presidents impera-
tive engagements make compliance with the
request impossible. After the review and
before the party took carriages for a ride
about town, to Mrs. Cleveland was the sur
prised recipient of unique and beautiful
souvenir. 1t is a jewel case in the form of
a bale of cotton, about 8 inches in length
and proportionate in depth and width. 1t
is made of pure silver and is a very artistic
production. Its sides are of oxydized silver,
representing the bagging of a bale,
while frosted spots bear a striking resem-
bIance to snowy cotton bursting from its
confinement. The plantation mark upon
the end of the bale is &c. c., 1888, y and the
warehouse mark on its top is "F. F. c."
The inside of the cover bears the inscrip-
tion, presented Mrs Grover Cleveland by
the Mayor and City Council, as token of
their regard on the occasion of her visit to
Montgomery, Alabama, Oct. 20, 1887"
The presentation was made byMayorReese
inthe name of the municipality. The ride
through the beautiful city was a most
ENJOYABLE feature of the days demonstra-
ton. Public and private buildings were
elaborately adorned, and everything wore a
gala appearance.
GOV. sEAY'S ADDRESS.
The welcoming address of Gov. Seay,
which was delivered upon the arrival at the
fair grounds, was as follows:
The Chief Magistrate of 65, 900 900 of free
self governed people, having traverSed thOus-
ands of miles across the great continent, which
is their home, comes to visit State which, in
material resources, in population and sentiment
constitutes one part of the most superb and
greatest fabrics Of government which has ever
been erected by man. From the great lakes to
our doors he has come unheralded, tenderly ac-
companied, but surrounded by no guards.
any sceptre in his hand but
reality OF dignity and power attends
him greater than that of any king He finds us
in the grace of beautiful harvest the answer
of earth, air and sky to the labor and skill of
the huSbandman and in the realization and
naturalization of a material development sur
passing the dreams of the visions OF our past
and above and beyond all, and priceless In the
supreme enjoyment of the blessings of civil
liberty secured by just laws and a wen ordered
commonwealth. The successor in the right line
of Washington, of Jackson and Lincoln, he
represents in law and in fact the unity of the
American people. Mr.. President, in the name
of the people Of Alabama welcome you to her
borders and to her capital city.
THE PRESIDENTS REPLY.
To this the President replied
l ana very glad to be able at the conclusion
of most delightful, and, l hope, improving Sc
ries of visits throughout the country to see lit
tie of the State of Alabama and its people and
its capital city. l believe that no Southern
State has fwithn itself more elements of agricul-
tural growth and development than Alabama.
There is hardly food product which is not rep
resented in its agriculture. 1t has
Will within its borders a6undant for
waiting for utilization to the needs of man,
while its mineral resources, marvellous and in
exhaustible, give assurance of wealth and com
mercial greatness. In means of transportation
your State is hardly less favored. About two
thirds of your counties are bounded or inter-
sected by rivers navigabe or easily made So
stantly increasing, and your outlet to the ocean
Is found in the largest and finest bay on the
Gulf of Mexico. A State thus favored by nature,
and so .profusely blessed by the gifts
manding position in the Union of
States which constitute this great nation, nor
can any have greater stake in the welfare and
progress of the entire country or in the har-
monious and friendly feeling upon which these
depend As you gather your agricultural pro-
ducts and as you increase their volume and
variety You are not only enriching yourselves
and your State, but adding lustre to our
national glory Your iron ore taken from the
same field to its manufacture supplies power
1ul element Of national cohesion, and in its
manufacture you are preparing the
strongest bonds of national unity.
Every ton of iron you are enabled to furnish a
Northern State goes far toward destroying sec
uonal feeling. Your fellow countrymen appre =
clate the value of intimate and profitable bust
ness relations with you, and there need be no
rear That they will permit them to be destroyed
Oh endangered by designing demagogues. The
Wlckedness OF these partisans, who seek TO ara
enelr ambitious schemes by engendering hate
among generous people is fast meeting ex-
posllre, and yet there Is and should be an in
ISSUANCE upon strict adherence to the settlement
winch has been made of dis
lance of such settlement. AS against
TINS believe no business consideration should
prevail and firmly believe that there is Ameri-
can fairness enough abroad in the land TO insure
proper and substantial recognition of the good
Ialth which you have exhibited We know that
you you sun have problems to solve involving con
sluerations concerning you alone; questions be-
yond the reach of Federal laws or interference,
ana with which no one but you should deal.
nave no fear that you Will fail 10
10 your manful duty in these matters,
NY may l not, in extension of the thoughts
wmch | have before suggested, say to
you that the educational advantages and care
whcn may be accorded TO every class of your
Sis!Iens have relation to the general character
q. a tne entire country, as intimate and potential